Category: Watering

Dana started the midday sprinklers and I finished them off. It’s supposed to be mid 60’s tomorrow and there are storms predicted so maybe we’ll be able to skip watering tomorrow. We’ll see.

I managed to sleep in a bit this morning. As soon as I did get up I went out to run the sprinkler. Still waiting for the patch-filling green. Ug.

Dana took care of the midafternoon watering. We decided because it wasn’t very hot today (low 70s) we could get away with only two waterings. Wouldn’t it be great if grass grew like playdough through a mold? Push down a lever-up comes grass. Wed could even have it in multiple colors and when we moved we could instantly put it back into the form and get it ready for next time. Oh well… guess we just have to keep waiting.

It’s been one week since we started this project. We were hoping for more of a sign of growth by now. We’ll keep watering and hoping.

As with every morning I was out watering just after waking up. I was hoping to come out and find signs that it had rained overnight (ever optimistic) but no such luck. If it rained I didn’t see any signs. The weather report is for low 70s with a chance again for thunderstorms in the afternoon. Reports from the aftermath of yesterday’s tornadoes were hopeful. One of the tornadoes was more than a mile wide and yet there was only one death reported. The news this morning carried a story about a daycare center in Windsor, Colorado where the staff gathered the children in the gym and then acted as human shields to protect the youngsters as the roof was taken right off the building. No casualties and the children escaped with minor scrapes and bruises. As the tornado passed the staff realized they could smell natural gas so with some quick thinking they evacuated the children into the bank vault of the bank across the street. Aerial photos of that area showed everything but the daycare center and the bank were essentially leveled. Extraordinary!

So the rain seems to have never made it to our yard. I finally gave up waiting for it and started the sprinklers. It’s a poignant reminder of the insanity of grass-covered lawns in this part of the country when the nation faces a water shortage and the world faces ecological crisis. Amazing how powerful the pressure is to not have the ugliest yard on the block. *GRIN*

Dana came home midday to do some watering today. It looks like it might rain this afternoon. There was severe weather to the north of us and tornadoes touched down as nearby as Greeley, Colorado (about an hour away). We had a Tornado Watch at the courthouse but nothing more than that. I do hope we get some rain this afternoon.

I was up early and really didn’t want to get out of bed. Not a satisfying night’s sleep. I got the watering going. It’s supposed to be in the mid 70s today and it might rain. It’s going to stay in the 70’s for the next few days. That’ll be a nice change for the yard. Perhaps this will help with the middle of the large side of the front yard, which remains a bit less green than the rest.